Call for Proposals using the Photon Factory

Photon Factory in Institute of Materials Structure Science, KEK is open for researchers to conduct research utilizing synchrotron radiation from 2.5 GeV and 6.5 GeV electron storage rings. As shown in the outline below, the Institute publicly announces to welcome submission of the research proposals by researchers of foreign countries as well as of Japan. Qualified researchers are those from national, public or private universities as well as from national, public or non-profitable research organizations. Besides synchrotron research, slow positron facility is also opened for public use. Please refer the details of the beamlines.

*Protein Crystallography (IMPORTANT) All applicants should submit the Form "List of the preparation status of protein crystals" in case of protein crystallography experiments through the "Proposal Submission System". And also, all applicants need to describe the origin (species) of the sample(s) in section V of your proposal. If your sample(s) is a recombinant protein(s), you must describe not only the origin but also the expression system (expression host) of the sample(s). Information about biological toxicity and pathogenicity of the sample(s) should also be given. (E.g. Origin: human, Expression host: E.coli, No toxicity and no pathogenicity)

* The terms described above mean the maximum length. You can terminate the approved proposal, if the work finishes within the valid term.

** Applicants who want to submit a Type P proposal are required to consult the person responsible for the experimental station on the feasibility of the experiment before submission.

Type S1 ( Special-1 ) : High level research project which requires the development of beamline $B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Band/or large instrument.
$B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BPeriod of Validity : 3-5 years

Type S2 ( Special-2 ) : High level research project which requires full use of synchrotron radiation $B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B and long beam time
$B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B Period of Validity : 3 years

Type U (Urgent and Important):Exceedingly important proposal which cannot wait until next
$B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B PF-PAC and the experiment which has a higher priority than the
$B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B proposals those already approved

2. Application Deadlines and Procedure

Category

Deadlines

Types G

November 7, 2018 Wed.
13:00 (in Japanese Standard Time)
The Proposal Submission System will be ready on October 10.

Type S1

Receive at any time*

Type S2

November 7, 2018 Wed.
13:00 (in Japanese Standard Time)
The Proposal Submission System will be ready on October 10.

Type T

November 16, 2018 Fri.
13:00 (in Japanese Standard Time)
The Proposal Submission System will be ready on October 10.

Type U
and P

Receive at any time

Overseas applicants are required to assign a contact person to act as an intermediary with the Photon Factory. His/her approval to act as Contact Person in Japan(CPJ) is obligatory. If you don’t know appropriate person, please contact the beamline scientist that you plan to use or the Research Coordination written below.

Proposals approved by PF-PAC will become effective in April 2019.

*Applicants interested in S1 application are requested to contact the Research Coordination described below.

The spokesperson is requested to complete the user registration as follows before proceeding to the proposal application.

(a) If you have already completed user registration at <User Support System>
$B!!(B1) Access the URL;https://pmsweb.kek.jp/k-pas/ and login with USER ID and the$B!!(Bpassword of
$B!!!!(B<User Support System>.
$B!!(B2) Fill out the application form for which you wish to apply.

(b)If you have not completed user registration at <User Support System>
$B!!(B 1) You have to register as user. Access the URL;https://pmsweb.kek.jp/k-pas/ and click "Register
$B!!!!!!(Bnew user" then fill out all the required information.
2) USER ID and a temporary password will be informed to you by e-mail. Login with these
$B!!!!!!(Binformation and change the password of your choice within 48 hours.
3) Fill out the application form for which you wish to apply after login process. 2 working days
$B!!!!!!(Bare required to process 1) and 2), thus please start the procedure leaving enough days until
$B!!!!!!(Bthe application deadline.

If you come across any problems in the KEK proposal submission system or are using different OS and browsers from those listed above, please contact Research Collaboration and User Support Office whose address is shown in the section 5(1).

Once data transfer of the application form is completed without any troubles, the notice of submission acceptance is sent to you by e-mail. Please confirm your submission with the e-mail message.

3. Review of the proposals

Received proposals are reviewed by the Photon Factory Program Advisory Committee (PF-PAC).
The committee will be held in late January.

The research proposals are restricted for peaceful purposes only, based on Resolution No. 3 of the 33rd extraordinary general meeting of the Physical Society of Japan (Butsuri, 23 (1968) 250, in Japanese) and on the decision of the 522nd committee (Butsuri, 50 (1995) 696, in Japanese).

4. Publication of Results

Experimental results should be published in the Photon Factory Activity Report and/or in other academic journals or presented at conferences.
In these publications, it should be clearly expressed that the research work is carried out at the Photon Factory, KEK. The publication information should be registered to the KEK Publication Database ( https://kpd.kek.jp/pds/ ).

Concerning the rights on the results from the experiment(s) and their Intellectual Property, please contact Research Collaboration and User Support Office.

5. Inquiries should be sent to:

(1)About the application forms

Research Collaboration and User Support Office
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
E-mail: kyodo1[at]mail.kek.jp

(2)About the experiments at Photon Factory

Kazuyuki HYODO
Photon Factory
E-mail: kazuyuki.hyodo[at]kek.jp

6. Others

· The title, name and affiliation of the spokesperson will be opened through web and publications.

· Application deadlines are set on May and November in principle. The next proposal round is to start
in April, 2019.

·If you resubmit your approved proposal for getting higher score, please describe "Resubmission" in the title of your renewal proposal. And also, you need to withdraw your approved proposal before submitting the renewal proposal. You cannot resubmit your proposal when you receive your beamtime for the approved proposal.